Creepy Enough to Wake the Dead: Meet Henry

This is a series of posts introducing the characters in the upcoming The Clandestine Saga Book 1: Transformation, to be released February 28th. You can preorder your copy here.

Cadence Findley has recently discovered that she isn't who she has always thought she was:
She's a Vampire Hunter.
On the first official hunt she participates in as a member of the LIGHTS team (the group of Vampire Hunters and Guardians charged with keeping the world safe from Vampires) she is surprised when the Vampire the team is pursuing suddenly makes an unexpected series of choices. Despite the fact that she is there to observe and not to participate, Cadence begins to pursue the Vampire. After all, this particular fiend is known for being a child-killer, and in Cadence's book, there's nothing worse than that.

Will Cadence be able to save Henry's tiny hostage?

The Vampire in question is a Rogue (a Vampire who does whatever he wants, including taking innocent lives) by the name of Henry.  He was created by Holland, the Vampire Queen who is hell bent on destroying Cadence.  When Henry sneaks into a new mother's apartment unexpectedly, Cadence follows him.  Henry takes a newborn baby girl as his hostage.  Will Cadence be able to save the child and destroy Henry? And what consequence will she pay for disobeying orders and pursuing Henry despite the fact that she was only meant to observe?

Read The Clandestine Saga Book 1: Transformation to find out. Tomorrow, we meet Sebastian, the Turncoat Vampire.  Is he a friend or a foe?

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Don't Let the Name Fool You--He's No Angel: Meet Christian

This is a series introducing the characters in the upcoming The Clandestine Saga Book 1: Transformation, which you can pre-order here. The book will be released February 28th!

Cadence Findley has recently discovered that she is a Vampire Hunter.  Along with this information, she has been introduced to an entire world she never new existed before, one that includes Vampires, Vampire Hunters, and Guardians, the mysterious, black-clad figures who help protect the Vampire Hunters as they terminate the bloodsuckers.  Cadence's world has been turned upside down in the matter of a few days and she often finds herself confused and overwhelmed.  In one particular instance, she makes a series of very bad decisions that almost costs her everything.  When Guardian Leader Aaron chastises her for disobeying protocol and sends her away, he doesn't realize he's also sending her right into the arms of another man--Christian, the Guardian tech guy.

With such an angelic face, how could Christian ever do anything wrong?

Ever since Christian implanted a tiny computer in Cadence's eye (allowing her to communicate with the team), he's had his eyes on her. When Cadence gets herself in trouble, not only does Christian stand up for her, he's also there to console her when she has no one else to turn to.
Are his intentions genuine or is he just in it for the moment?
Will Cadence's encounter with Christian cost her a chance to ever be with Aaron?

Tomorrow, meet Henry, the child-killing Vampire who almost costs Cadence everything.

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Who's Your Sugar Daddy?: Meet Kash

This is the newest installment in a series introducing the characters from The Clandestine Saga Book 1:Transformation, available for pre-order here. We are counting down the days until the February 28th release date!

Today, we meet one of Cadence's friends from high school, Kash.  Despite his name, his family is known for being quiet cheap and it is his mom's clunky old suburban that gets the gang from point A to point B--which also includes their fateful trip to the Eidolon Festival (where Drew disappears and Cadence discovers she doesn't know herself as well as she thought!)

Will Kash ever get over Drew?

Kash used to date Drew and is still interested in her. When the peppy cheerleader suggests they all hang out at the creepy Eidolon Festival, Kash is the first to agree.  However, when Drew's attention is transfixed on a mysterious stranger, Kash becomes despondent and doesn't really care when Drew is swept up into the crowd and taken away from them.

Drew has been swept away by a dangerous stranger.

Cadence insists that Kash help her find Drew and so he is part of the search party that goes looking for the lost girl.  When he chases Cadence into the woods, he stumbles upon a devastating sight.
Will Kash ever recover from what has happened to Drew?

Tomorrow, meet Christian, the handsome Guardian ready to give Aaron a run for his money.

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Every Good Book Needs Some Comic Relief: Meet Jon

This is the next installment in a series of posts introducing the characters in the upcoming The Clandestine Saga Book 1: Transformation. You can pre-order your copy here.

In every book, no matter how serious the topic, there has to be someone to crack the jokes and insert the punchlines. In Clandestine, that character is often Jon. Despite the weighty information Cadence Findley has just received--that her friend has been killed by a Vampire, and she happens to be a Vampire Hunter--Jon finds a way to lighten the mood and bring some chuckles. If this book was a show, and that show was Friends, Jon would be the Chandler Bing

Jon tends to think everything is funny--except for maybe Vampires.

Jon is one of Cadence's friends from high school. He attends the Eidolon Festival with the rest of the gang and takes care of Sidney and Taylor when things get ugly. Though Jon does not play a pivotal role, he is there when he is needed. Perhaps we will find out more about Jon in the books to come.

Tomorrow, we meet Kash, Cadence's other friend and Drew's ex-boyfriend. How does it feel to stumble upon your ex-girlfriend dead in the woods with fang marks in her neck? Unfortunately, Kash knows the answer to that question.

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With Friends Like That, Who Needs Vampires?: Meet Elliott, the Unimpressed Guardian

This is the a series of installments introducing the characters in The Clandestine Saga Book 1: Transformation, which is available for preorder here. Find it exclusively on Kindle February 28, 2015.

Is Elliott an enemy or a friend?  From the beginning, it's hard for Cadence to tell.

When we first meet Elliott, he seems like any other member of the Guardian Team; nice, helpful, funny.  However, the closer Aaron, the Guardian Leader, becomes to new Vampire Hunter Cadence, the more Elliott begins to act like a jerk. What gives? Is he secretly jealous? Or, perhaps he's seen one too many girlfriends become a distraction to the leader? At any rate, he makes his true feelings about Cadence pretty clear almost from the very beginning.
Elliott is an interesting character. He is the hypnotist of the group.  Whenever humans have seen too much, Elliott come in and cleans things up for the Guardian team.  In his previous life, Elliott was a used car salesman. Now that he is immortal, his ability to convince others that they have seen or heard whatever he wants to feed them is unbelievable.
In book one, we see Elliott's struggle with Cadence for Aaron's attention but it isn't until Book 2: Resurrection, that Elliott's roll becomes pivotal.  He is one to take note of as you read Transformation because, once you get to Resurrection, all bets are off.

Check back tomorrow to meet another one of Cadence's friends, the joker of the group, Jon.

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This Mysterious Stranger is to Die For: Meet Carter

This is the tenth installment in a series introducing the characters from The Clandestine Saga Book 1: Transformation, which you can pre-order here.

Carter, more than a mysterious stranger--a dangerous one.

Drew has always been attracted to mysterious men. So, when she catches the eye of the dark and handsome Carter at the Eidolon Festival, she is intrigued.  When he sweeps her away from her friends into the night, she is more excited then scared, until she realized he isn't really a man at all.
He's a Vampire.
And his interest in her is more than skin deep.

Once he has Drew in his grasp, is it too late?

Drew's friend Cadence is rushing to save her.  When Cadence discovers Carter in the woods with Drew in is grasp, a battle ensues.  It is this fight to the finish that sparks the epic face off between Cadence and the Vampire queen, Holland.

Cadence and Holland will battle it out.

Carter's impulsive decision to take Drew insights a war between Vampire and Vampire Hunter, good and evil.  To find out who wins, read The Clandestine Saga Book 1: Transformation

Tomorrow, meet the Guardian who'd rather send Cadence back to where she came from, Elliott.

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She'll Haunt Your Dreams: Meet Holland, Ancient Vampire Queen

This is the ninth installment in a series introducing the characters of The Clandestine Saga Book 1: Transformation, which you can preorder here.  Release date is February 28th, 2015

Vampires aren't real....Unless they are.... and in the case of the ancient Vampire Queen, Holland, well, she seems to be pretty real to Cadence Findley.

Holland, Evil Vampire Queen

It was a chance encounter at an Eidolon Festival that first brought the two together. When Holland's lover Carter became smitten with Cadence's friend Drew and dragged her off into the woods for...dinner, Cadence and her Guardians became a little too testy.  Then, when Cadence decided Carter needed to pay, her actions enraged Holland.  And now there's hell to pay.
Holland becomes hell bent on tracking Cadence Findley down and destroying her!
There's only one problem; Cadence is protected by a force of Guardians. If Holland is going to successfully take out the new Vampire Hunter, she will have to amass an army of Vampires. Luckily, hundreds of years of creating vampirlings had left Holland with a very large clan, all ready to follow her every order to the end.

Who will be victorious when Holland and Cadence meet at last?

When Holland and Cadence finally face each other across the battlefield, only one will walk away victorious.  And Holland will do whatever it takes to make sure Cadence never kills again.

Find out who wins the battle between Cadence and Holland in The Clandestine Saga Book 1:Transformation. Pre-order now! Tomorrow, we meet Carter, Holland's lover.

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